Udanavarga [sanskrit]

by W. Woodville Rockhill | 1892 | 13,101 words

The Udanavarga is a collection of Sanskrit verses representing aphorisms attributed to the Buddha and his disciples. The Udanavarga resembles the Pali Dhammapada and Udana, yet it belong the ancient tradition of early Buddhism. Alternative titles: Udānavarga (उदानवर्ग).

ह्री निषेवी हि पुरुषः प्राज्ञो यः सुसमाहितः ।
सर्वपापं जहात्य् एष भद्राश्वो हि कशाम् इव ॥ ५ ॥

hrī niṣevī hi puruṣaḥ prājño yaḥ susamāhitaḥ |
sarvapāpaṃ jahāty eṣa bhadrāśvo hi kaśām iva || 5 ||

The English translation of Verse 19.5 is contained in the book Udanavarga by W. Woodville Rockhill.

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (19.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nishevin, Nishevi, Purusha, Prajna, Yah, Susamahita, Sarvapapa, Esha, Bhadrashva, Kasha, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 19.5). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “hrī niṣevī hi puruṣaḥ prājño yaḥ susamāhitaḥ
  • hrī -
  • hrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • niṣevī -
  • niṣevī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    niṣevī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    niṣevin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • puruṣaḥ -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prājño* -
  • prājña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • susamāhitaḥ -
  • susamāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvapāpaṃ jahāty eṣa bhadrāśvo hi kaśām iva
  • sarvapāpam -
  • sarvapāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarvapāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse jahāty*eṣ
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhadrāśvo* -
  • bhadrāśva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kaśām -
  • kaśā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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